• Every active Certified Interior Designer is required to successfully complete continuing education courses equivalent to 1.0 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s), the equivalent of 10 hours during each two-year certification period.
• To maintain the Commercial Designation, 5 of the 10 required hours, must be CA Building Code related.
• It is the responsibility of each active Certified Interior Designer to report completed CEU course credits online to their CCIDC, CID Account at the time of certificate renewal.
• CCIDC accepts all approved courses by the Interior Design Continuing Education Council or any Interior Design organization (i.e. IIDA, ASID, IFDA, IDS, NKBA, etc.) AIA approved courses must be relevant to the practice of Interior Design.
• Activities for which CEU credit is not intended: Association membership, leadership activities, committee meetings/activities: Professional exam preparation; Entertainment and recreation. Mass media programs (TV, radio, newspaper) do not qualify unless they are an integral part of a planned continuing education experience qualifying under CEU criteria. Some meetings, conventions, and exhibits, (only planned learning activities within such events are eligible for CEU credit.) Tours without specific lecture time by qualified lecturers; work experience; Youth programs; Individual scholarship such as articles, books, research projects, presentation of papers, or teaching.
• Instructors may receive CEU credit for preparing and offering an IDCEC approved CEU for the first time only that the course is offered. The CEU credit is equivalent to the CEU credit received by participants.
• CEUs are 50% of your renewal process, CEUs not turned in by the expiration date will receive notification after  second notification delinquent notification, your CID Status will change to Delinquent until all CEUs are reported. (Refunds are not given because CEUs are delinquent).

CEUs are a REQUIRED part of your Certification and need to be completed and reported to the CID Account regularly.

• You need 10 hours (which equals 1.0 Units) every two years.
  • The time frame is from your Certification renewal date to renewal date (not by calendar year to calendar year).
  • Failure to report CEUs will result in a Delinquent Status or possible loss of certification.
• CIDs with the commercial designation are required to complete 5 of the 10 hours in CA Building Code based courses.
• We accept CEUs from other providers.
  • We accept CEUs from professional organizations, including: AIA, IDCEC, ASID, IIDA, NKBA, etc.
  • We accept CEUs on interior design, codes, architecture, LEED, etc., and all related courses having to do with running a design business.
• Please report CEUs online using your CID Account.
  • Do not mail or call them in. You must report CEUs directly to us (even if you reported them to another organization).
  • IDCEC does not report CEUs directly to CCIDC, even if you have paid for them to do so.
    • It is your responsibility to report all of your CEUs directly to your CID Account for credit.
• CCIDC provides a list of providers/courses for your convenience, the list is not exclusive and other courses not listed are available.

This information is provided as a convenience to CIDs and is not a complete list of CEUs accepted. The courses listed are not provided by, nor affiliated with CCIDC. CEUs completed for Professional Organizations, Clubs or Groups (including but not limited to: AIA, AIBD, ASID, IDS, IFDA, IIDA, NKBA, etc.), as well as college/university coursework, satisfy CCIDC CEUs requirements; when reported to the CCIDC online CID Account. CEUs must be relevant to Interior Design, Architecture or the Business of either.